Mode-Locked Ho3+-Doped ZBLAN Fiber Laser at 1.2 μm

Xuezong Yang; Lei Zhang; Yan Feng; Xiushan Zhu; R. A. Norwood; N. Peyghambarian

doi:10.1109/JLT.2016.2599007

Mode-Locked Ho³⁺-Doped ZBLAN Fiber Laser at 1.2 μm

Xuezong Yang, Lei Zhang, Yan Feng, Xiushan Zhu, R. A. Norwood, N. Peyghambarian

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Abstract

A mode-locked Ho³⁺-doped ZBLAN fiber laser at 1.2 μm was demonstrated for the first time employing a nonlinear polarization rotation technique for mode-locking. The laser was pumped at 1137 nm by the Raman fiber laser. Stable dissipative soliton mode-locking was achieved with an intracavity Lyot filter formed from a length of polarization maintaining fiber and a polarization dependent optical isolator. 1.3-nJ pulses with pulse duration of 47 ps at a repetition rate of 1.77 MHz were produced. Multiple pulse operation with burst energy up to 6.7 nJ was observed at higher pump power.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7539619
Pages (from-to)	4266-4270
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	34
Issue number	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2016.2599007
State	Published - Sep 15 2016

Keywords

Fiber laser
Holmium doped ZBLAN fiber
Lyot filter
Nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR)
mode locked

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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